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Olivia Newton-John Dies at 73 by Ada Nkong

Olivia Newton-John, best known for playing Sandy in smash-hit musical Grease, has died aged 73, her family says. The star died from cancer, her manager told the BBC. Her husband…

Labour Party Expels Plateau Governorship Candidate

Yohanna Margif, the Labour Party Candidate in Plateau State has been expelled from the Party.A state signed by James Awara the State Party Secretary said his expulsion was a result…

2022 Commonwealth Games:

Ese Brume wins a record breaking Commonwealth Games long jump Gold Long jumper Ese Brume secured one more gold medal for Team Nigeria at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, after leaping…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Team Nigeria Wins First Commonwealth Games Women’s 4x100m Title

Team Nigeria women’s 4x100m quartet of Tobi Amusan, Favour Ofili, Rosemary Chukwuma and Grace Nwokocha made history Sunday afternoon at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham by becoming the first women’s…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Tobi Amusan is the 100 Metres Hurdles Champion

Nigerian Tobi Amusan has won the 100 metres hurdles title with 12:29s making it Ten Gold for team Nigeria. Amusan beat Jamaica’s Britany Anderson who finished second and Olympic Champion from…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Favour Ofili wins 200m Silver to increase Team Nigeria medals tally to 30

Favour Ofili has claimed the silver medal in the women’s 200m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. The 19-year-old who overcame COVID-19 before the start of the tournament showed…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Oborududu and Adekuoroye win Gold In Women Freestyle Wrestling For Nigeria

Team Nigeria Captain Blessing Oborududu clinched gold medal in Women’s Freestyle 68kg Wrestling event as she defeated Canada’s Linda Morais to win Nigeria’s 2nd medal in wrestling. Oborududu, a Tokyo…

2022 Commonwealth: Tobi Amusan qualifies for Hurdles final round

Tobi Amusan of Nigeria finished first (12.40 sec) in the Women’s 100m Hurdles, Round 1 Heat 3, to qualify for the final event, coming up on Sunday. In another development,Nasiru Sule…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Lawrence Okoye wins discus silver

England’s Lawrence Okoye, who left athletics for American Football after London 2012, won his first senior medal with Commonwealth discus silver. 30 year old Okoye, returned to discus in 2019…

2022 Commonwealth Games: Nigeria Soaring higher with More Medals

Nigeria’s hope of surpassing the feat achieved in 1994 seems to have been boosted with more success in Birmingham. it was double delight for Team Nigeria as Folashade Oluwafemiayo broke…

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